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    Anyone know what camber and toe settings work well with 185/60 R14 tires? Thanks. I just bought some camber bolts to replace the stock ones. My tires seem to be wearing on the inside more then normal.

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    0 toe .
    camber doesn't really affect tire wear unless its very extreme.
    i run 185-65-14 and use the same setings as i did with 12s.
    some like 16th inch total toe out but i really like 0 toe.

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    • #3
      abnormal inside tire wear indicates excessive toe-out. my alignment guy said his book stated 5/16" total toe-in.
      -Bryant

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      • #4
        Mine wares real bad on outside edge. I think it's the new HP.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by william View Post
          0 toe .
          camber doesn't really affect tire wear unless its very extreme.
          i run 185-65-14 and use the same setings as i did with 12s.
          some like 16th inch total toe out but i really like 0 toe.
          I set my camber perfectly and after a few months (5-8k miles) of driving I noticed I had extremely bad inner tire wear in the front. Turns out I forgot to take my weight (200 lbs) into account and apparently it's enough to cause my suspension geometry to change drastically.
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          • #6
            I noticed (before I replaced the LCA on both sides) that my outer edges were wearing more than normal. But replacing the LCA fixed that problem. Inside wear is from toe in/out not being set properly.
            Also, have you done any suspension mods?

            -James
            Est. 1989 "Bringing laughter and festiva awesomeness to the world since birth" banana time

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            • #7
              Also, after speaking with festevil3 for a bit on the phone, doing a toe-in of around 1/8-1/4" of an inch either side eliminates that tire chewing. Explanation was that as you go under power the wheels will cock outward to 0° and they'll be traveling straight with this setup as opposed to having them at0° to begin with and them cock outwards when moving forward. Made amazing sense to me. I'm doing it this weekend.

              -James
              Est. 1989 "Bringing laughter and festiva awesomeness to the world since birth" banana time

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